I would love to live free of the fear and sadness and real desperation that I think the effect of childbirth has on women, especially because we are expected to be so concerned by recovery from childbirth.

If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom.

I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things!

Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.

I would love to live free of the fear and sadness and real desperation that I think the effect of childbirth has on women, especially because we are expected to be so concerned by recovery from childbirth.

I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would love it if I could.

The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively.